Contemporary fictions of multiculturalism : diversity and the millennial London novel /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Perfect, Michael, 1982- (Author)
Corporate Author:	ebrary, Inc
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Published:	Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire ; New York, NY : Palgrave Macmillan, 2014.
Subjects:	English fiction > 21st century > History and criticism. London (England) > In literature. Multiculturalism in literature. Electronic books.
Online Access:	Connect to the full text of this electronic book

Table of Contents:

Introduction: Backgrounds: Facts and Fictions of Multicultural London
1. Multiculturalism and the Work of Hanif Kureishi
2. 'Fold the paper and pass it on': Andrea Levy's London Fiction
3. Multicultural London in Zadie Smith's White Teeth (2009): a Celebration of Unpredictability and Uncertainty?
4. Permanence and Transience: Monica Ali's Brick Lane (2003) and In The Kitchen (2009)
5. Mis-marketing Multiculturalism? Gautam Malkani's Londonstani (2006)
6. London as a Safe Haven? Asylum, Immigration and Missing Fingers in Chris Cleave's The Other Hand (2008) and Brian Chikwava's Harare North (2009)
7. London as a 'Brutal', 'Hutious' City: Stephen Kelman's Pigeon English (2011)
Coda: The Prophet's Graveyard.